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Jasmine Crockett: “The Infrastructure act did [bring manufacturing back].”

Featuring: Jasmine Crockett, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 30

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Published March 21, 2025 | Video Starts at 28:54

No. And the idea of, you know, making enemies of our friends while making friends with our enemies is absolutely insane and wild. And as it relates to the underlying kind of alleged purpose of bringing manufacturing back, The Infrastructure act did [bring manufacturing back]. that. The Chips and Science act was doing that. You know what he's trying to do, he's trying to gut the funding under both of those bills. (28:54–28:57)

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Asserts that the Infrastructure Act contributed to bringing manufacturing back to the U.S.

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